Lakeland Financial Corporation to Present at the K

WARSAW, Ind., July 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lakeland Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: LKFN ), parent company of Lake City Bank, will be presenting at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2013 Community Bank Investor Conference on July 30 ^th at 4:00 p.m. EDT in New York.

Interested investors may listen to the live webcast of the presentation and view a copy of the slides used in the presentation by accessing the Investor Relations section at www.lakecitybank.com . Listeners should go to the website at least fifteen minutes before the event to download and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay will be available for 90 days. There is no charge to access this event.

Lakeland Financial Corporation is a $2.9 billion bank holding company headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana. Lake City Bank serves Indiana with 45 branches located in the following Indiana counties: Kosciusko, Elkhart, Allen, St. Joseph, DeKalb, Fulton, Hamilton, Huntington, LaGrange, Marshall, Noble, Pulaski and Whitley.

Lakeland Financial Corporation may be accessed on the home page of its subsidiary, Lake City Bank, at www.lakecitybank.com . The Company's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under "LKFN".

David M. Findlay President and Chief Financial Officer (574) 267-9197